by Matthew Cobb
Here they are. Despite some comments on the previous post I would never give you a ‘spot the nightjar’ picture without a nightjar in it!
Here are the nightjars
July 7, 2014 • 4:23 am
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Well, hot dang🎉🎊🎉🎊!!
How ’bout posting a picture of a nightjar in plain view so we can tell what they actually look like.
You could say “please,” you know. We tend to like politeness around here.
I got the first one. The second one… well… I’m still struggling.
Do nightjars get stepped on a lot?
I think it’s safe to say that the nightjars of the world have nothing to fear from me!
Even with the circle, I’m not sure I see it. Still could be a rock. But I trust that Matthew won’t steer us awry or betray us with an empty photo. Thanks for the pictures!
I am so cocky that I got those right that I’m contemplating updating my resume with “nightjar spotting” as a skill.
Me, too!
Some of us just “have it,” I guess. 😉
But what “skill set” will you put it under?
I wish I could somehow put that as a skill in LinkedIn that people could select. 🙂
Why should you not? I’d endorse you!
(Nightjar spotting is the sort of thing I do professionally, though in the real world I only ever see them when they fly past my face or headights)
A lot of birders would hire you!
I was thrown off by scale. The nightjar in the first photo is much larger than I expected. I saw it immediately, looked carefully, and concluded that it was a rock because it seemed too big relative to the vegetation.
Still can’t see the second one.
Pretty amazing, really.
I had the same experience with #1, which caused me to distrust & discard my (correct) apprehension of #2. So I’m saying I got screwed. Sorta.
There was an earlier post with the Tweet of the Day which had a picture of it along with a discussion on its call and habits. Or else Wikipedia is your friend.
I found both but I was totally without confidence that I really had because I’ve thought I had them spotted before and then found out I didn’t.
I haz two spotted nightjars.
The criticism of central position of nightjars was not for naught. Now to remove the remaining sample bias: insertion random empty photos. (Or not, it may be too cruel.)
… insertion _of_ …
A computer products company names a power supply after the nightjar
And now I’m trying to figure out why.
Not a lot of people are familiar with the birds; one of the commenters said the name brings to mind a chamber pot. 😀